180 SAURIA. 



twenty irregularly rhomboid scales ; the plates of the belly 

 are quadrilateral, in twenty transverse, and six longitudinal 

 rows; the femoral pores are tubular, from fifteen to seventeen 

 on each thigh ; caudal scales rectangular, keeled. All the 

 upper parts of the body are olive -green irregularly spotted 

 with black ; the under parts are white, with a tinge of blue 

 or olive ; the soles of the feet arc yellowish. 



Entire length, 7^ inches, of which the tail is 4^ inches. 



This species is peculiar to Corfu, where it has been found 

 in a few rare instances. 



Lacerta Moreotica. 



Lacerta Moreotica, Dum. et Bib. vol. v. p. 192 ; Schinz, Em-op. Faun. 



vol. ii. p. 16. 

 Notopholis Moreotica, Buon. Faun. Ital. (figured) (not described). 



Desceiptioist. — The scales of the back, upper part of the 

 neck, and sides of the body are all nearly of the same size, 

 rhomboid, and strongly keeled ; from the base of one side to 

 that of the other, counting across the centre of the back, 

 are twenty-two scales ; ventral plates in six rows, of which 

 the two outer and the two central are narrower than the 

 remaining two ; the triangle of the thorax contains seven 

 or eight scales ; on each side of the hinder margin of the 

 pre-anal plate are about twelve very small scales. There 

 are no teeth on the palate, at least in those specimens de- 

 scribed in the ' Erpetologie Gcncrale ;' the fore-feet will 

 reach to the anterior margin of the eye, the hind-feet not 

 quite to the shoulders of the fore- feet; the scales of the 

 tail are oblong, each with a blunt point behind, formed by 

 the prolongation of the keel. All the upper parts are of a 

 uniform ohve tint ; a yellow streak, beginning beneath the 

 ear, passes along the sides of the neck and of the back, 

 ending behind the thigh ; the sides of the neck and body 



